Butler County Amateur Radio Public Service Group
Dedicated to working with Butler County 9-1-1 Emergency Services
Upcoming Events
Extra Class Training – January 20 to March 31
Free weekly, live, Extra Class Licensing course on Zoom beginning Thursday, January 20 through Thursday, March 31 (11 sessions). Sessions will start at 6:30 PM, and run 3 hours.
SKYWARN Training – January 27
Basic SKYWARN Training is coming to a computer near you! Sign up for the National Weather Service virtual spotter class on Thursday Jan 27th at 6:00 PM.
Net Control Opportunities – Starting January 19
We have many Net Control openings for the Wednesday night ACS and Digital Training Nets. See the latest schedule at our ACS Net page.
News
1/12/2022 – Congratulations! Carl Rose (KC3TGJ) passed his General Class Exam this evening!
1/8/2022 – Welcome New Member. Please welcome Jim Davis (KC3TFX) to our club. Welcome to the fun Jim!
12/15/2021 – Congratulations & Welcome. 2021 is going out with a bang! Please congratulate Jim Henry (KC3RGZ) who upgraded to Extra and Jim Davis (KC3TFX) who upgraded to General. Also, please congratulate and welcome Carl Rose (KC3TGJ) and Randy Sires (KC3TGI) who both earned their Technician licenses.
10/19/2021 – Congratulations & Welcome to Eric Beveridge (KC3SYE) who passed his Technician Exam with flying colors today. Welcome to the club and the hobby Eric!
9/5/2021 – Congratulations. Congratulations to Glenn Callender (KC3SLA) who passed his Extra exam at our Sunday night exam session.
8/20/2021 – Congratulations & Welcome. Lets welcome Hunter McGuire (KC3SPZ) to our club and the hobby. Hunter passed his Technician exam at our testing session this evening. Congratulations Hunter!
Club Net Dates
ACS net at 7:45 PM. Digital training net to follow at 8:00 PM. Dates & net control ops:
- 26 January – KA3RNF
- 2 February – W3TXG
- 9 February – Monthly Meeting (No Net)
- 16 February – KC3RGZ
- 23 February – KA3RNF
- 2 March – W3TXG
- 9 March – Monthly Meeting (No Net)
Repeater: Primary – 147.300+ 131.8pl; Backup – 443.900+ 131.8pl
2/9/2022 - Next Club Meeting
Our next monthly meeting will be at the Butler County Emergency Operations Center, 120 McCune Road, Butler, PA. Meeting will start at 7:30 PM.
Remote access options will be available for those who prefer to participate from home.
License Exams
Ham radio license exams, led by the club’s volunteer examiners, are available after the monthly meeting or upon request.
Check our events section above for announcements about upcoming exam sessions.